Posts in category Vintage + Historical Oddities

These toilets are out in the open and aren’t enclosed, so anybody can see you do your business.

The life of Greek philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras is filled with mystery and intrigue and, well, a deep distaste for beans.

The federal government may be playing hardball when it comes to finders keepers.

Over 300 years after Elizabeth Johnson Jr. was accused of witchcraft and sentenced to death, a group of middle schoolers came to her defense.

Shi Pei Pu seemed like the ideal woman veiled in a web of lies, espionage, and manipulation.

It features the color “sacrificial blue,” which alludes to its function in imperial animal sacrifice rituals.

The unwrapping often started with an introduction or lecture, followed by the unrolling of the many layers of bandages until the body was revealed.

Let’s celebrate dino-versity!

The Beast attacked more than 200 people, about half of which were killed and at least partially eaten.

One antique dealer was in for the shock of a lifetime after discovering that a beautiful marble bust she scoped out at a Texas Goodwill turned out to be two millennia old!